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Of all the games I have for the Xbox, this is the one that sits in the drive for the longest. It is fantastically addictive, easy to play (although not so easy as to make it boring). The cars are well modelled and great fun to drive. I used to think Project Gotham was a great arcade racer until I played Burnout.
The concept is simple and well executed. Drive dangerously in order to win burnout points in order to drive dangerously at a greater speed... simple!
The action moves over a number of tracks, from high mountain passes to beach front freeways. Drive on the wrong side of the road, knock down road signs, plough into stationary cars... if only rush hour was this much fun!
OK, so you are wondering why only 4 stars? Why oh why do we only have a two player mode? This would be so much fun as a 4 player game. That is the only fault I really level at this game. Go buy it now... and dont drive your own car for at least an hour after playing it!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating:  Date Reviewed: 21Oct2003 | | | ARCADE racer. Notice the capitals. I kove this game. It truly, truly rocks your socks off. Its fast, its fun, it has the coolest crash animations, and the `boost` system encourages you to drive not just fast (like rally games) or stylish (Gotham), but like a flat-out maniac. Also, two player is an absolute blast.
Notice again, that this is an arcade racer. I love Rallisport and Colin McRae, as rally games. I love Project Gotham as a streetracer. All these games have Much more advanced driving, much more `simulation` feel; but Burnout2 is the game youll want to break out when you dont want to sit around sweating about how to optimize your path through every turn, Not think about the best braking patterns etc. etc.
Burnout2 just gives you pedal-to-the-metal, blood-in-your-coffee-stream action.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 12Oct2003 | | | This is a truly excellent game, the kind that brings back happy memories of some of the early Arcade racers or the great Commodore Amiga `Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge` series of games.
The racing is fast, really fast. There are a multitude of cars and tracks to race but, in the spirit of all challenging games, some are only revealed on completion of earlier, easier levels. One excellent feature of this game is the `crash` levels, where the aim is simply to cause as big a pile up through reckless driving as you can - on crashing, everything goes into slow motion as you watch your car fly gracefully through the air into the side of a bus or oncoming juggernaut!
And it is *beautiful*. The graphics are the work of superb 3D rendering, with painstaking attention to detail. My only regret is that most of the scenery flies by too quickly to truly admire. As well as being beautiful, the graphics are very varied to reflect the environment you are racing in - be it desert town, country roads, or interstate freeway.
An excellent game that every Xbox owner should seriously consider adding to their collection.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 18Jul2003 | | |
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